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From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 28, 2008 5:59:05 AM PDT
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Subject: [SPY NEWS] Pak flip-flop on ISI creates confusion
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http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/international/pak-flip-flop-on-isi-creates-confusion.aspx
Pak flip-flop on ISI creates confusion
BY MUHAMMAD NAJEEB
Islamabad
July 27: The Pakistan government's notification on Sunday, reversing
an announcement made a day before to place the two top intelligence
agencies under the interior ministry, has led to further confusion
with a former top spy saying a conspiracy was foiled.
The government on Saturday issued a notification saying the Prime
Minister has approved giving the interior ministry control of the
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Agency and the Intelligence Bureau
(IB).
The notification, issued on a day Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani
left for a crucial meeting with President George W. Bush, was seen
mostly as a positive step and a move towards complete civilian rule.
It said: "In terms of Rule 3(3) of the Rules of Business of 1973, the
Prime Minister has approved the placement of the Intelligence Bureau
and the Inter-Services Intelligence under the administrative,
financial and operational control of the interior division with
immediate effect."
However, early Sunday morning the government issued another
notification saying that the earlier order was misunderstood and the
ISI would remain under the Prime Minister.
Traditionally and according to the government record, the ISI has been
under financial and administrative control of the defence ministry but
was answerable to the Prime Minister.
"This may be in papers but everyone knows the reality from where the
ISI takes orders and who heads it," Lt. Gen. (retd) Talat Masood said.
He said it was an excellent move to bring the ISI under the complete
civilian rule. "But let's see what happens now."
The early morning notification by the information ministry stressed
extending cooperation between the interior ministry and the ISI in
matters like war against terror and internal security.
It said that more details in this regard will be given in a detailed
notification, creating more confusion and the media was left guessing
what the third notification can be.
Many politicians, civil society representatives and intelligentsia
termed the earlier notification a right step in the right direction.
—IANS
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